Posted on 12/20/2007 6:39:06 PM PST by Norman Bates
The Globe, the liberal one, is the main paper not the Herald.
“What is with you? I wonder what you think of Ronald Reagan. “
Best President of my lifetime. I *am* a Reagan Republican.
“You didn’t actually think he acheived two landslides with conservatives alone, did you? He had a large chunk of democrats and a majority of independents as well.”
Ronald Reagan did that yet remained a conservative. The conservative agenda can win independents in the right package.
McCain has a RINO agenda. McCain has not only walked away from conservative principles on many occasions, he was *instrumental* in undercutting conservatives time and again at key times on key issues.
Just one example: Did you know we could have *already* made the Bush tax cuts permanent had it not been for John McCain?
Reagan was no purist conservative.
Sandra O’Connor, for one. There are plenty of examples.
The question should have been:
Does Lieberman’s ACU rating of under 20%, indicating that he is a liberal Democrat on practically all issues save the GWOT tell you something about his endorsement of McCain?
Liberals want John McCain to be the GOP nominee.
Why should conservatives agree to that?
Why are you undercutting Ronald Reagan now?
I didn’t say ‘purist’ I said ‘conservative’.
The Republican does not have to run as a RINO to win the election.
Exactly
Give me a break. I’m not undercutting anyone. Reagan reached out to moderates - fact. In his own day many purist conservatives loathed him - fact (some of the same who now admire him).
What you need to do is read his own autobiography from 1990 where he states how he weathered opposition from purists on the right and went for compromises he felt were good overall. That is how he won big.
Besides some of the issue you list about McCain are peripheral. I would say Iraq and the GWOT are the most important, and McCain is right on them. He is right on spending, which is also way up there. Right to life, as well. And he wants the border secured.
But it’s funny you mention undercutting Reagan, because that’s exactly what Mitt Romney did in the 90s.
The problem with McCain is that he compromises with everything. If you ask Liberals who their favorite Republican is, they’ll tell you it’s between Mayor Bloomberg and John McCain.
Don’t forget the immigration bill from this past summer. It was “AUTHORED” by senator McCain and his partner in compromising, Senator Kennedy.
When the enemies of this country are at the negotiating table, do you really want this guy representing you? How much of our sovereignty is he willing to compromise?
That "old news" ploy only works for democrats. The media will destroy McCain against any dem. They will find plenty of "fresh" angles on Keating. We both know they are there because Keating was stinky as all heck.
He will not have any idea how to handle it because he has become accustomed to HRC level kid gloves from the media. That will end the moment he is the Republican nominee.
Your points are well made.
Besides some of the issue you list about McCain are peripheral. “
perpheral!!?!?!
- Bush’s tax cuts were the centerpiece of Bush’s 1st term doemsitc agenda. McCain said no.
- CFR has been the WORST bill in the last 10 years out of Washington. McCain authored it.
- Comprehensive illegal immigration bill would has been the largest welfare giveaway and biggest expansion in entitlements and also would have destroyed the GOP majority for a generation...
yeah, small potatoes ... and of course that is just the tip of the RINO iceberg of things McCain is doing.
McCain-Lieberman would be a huge expansion of Govt regulation in energy, for example.
“Reagan reached out to moderates”
Reagan did not make it a point to push and enact liberal legislation as his modus operandi in reaching out. All you need to know about the difference between McCain and Reagan is the difference between how the media treats McCain and Reagan. McCain’s media respect is due to his RINO-ism.
And McCain’s RINO actions are precisely why he should be rejected as a nominee.
Yes, that is true. The media polls especially are sloppy in letting non-core Republican voters ‘represent’ the voters for these polls. So McCain and Guiliani get over-represented in these.
The media boosts and endorsements only amplify the point.
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